EU Postal Reform - 2009 or 2012? Or never?

[jemima]

I found this in the Official Journal of the European Union

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/sit ... 740077.pdf

which I thought was interesting, and something it says is

5.14 Given the uncertainties and risks associated with
complete liberalisation of the postal market, the EESC cannot
agree that there is an urgent need to fix right now a deadline of
1.1.2009, especially in view of the fact that postal operators in
Member States which only joined the EU in 2004 would have
insufficient time to adapt to the new circumstances.
5.15 The EESC urges that the current Directive be extended,
with plans for possible full liberalisation of the postal sector by
1.1.2012, provided that credible options which represent and
improvement on the reserved sector have been found by then,
in close consultation with all those concerned.

[Pochahontas]

Thanks for that Jemima,

Any one who reads the full document can I draw your attention to this part - if you keep getting that it is because of competition that we need to modernize then why has the EU said its liberalization?

5.9 Over the last ten years or so, tens of thousands of jobs
(0.7 % according to the Commission's figures) have already been
lost, and many other jobs have been replaced by precarious or
low-quality jobs, in sorting centres, delivery services and post
offices.
5.10 Although this trend can be partly explained by various
factors such as new technologies and competition from other
forms of communication such as email, market liberalisation is
still the main cause.
C 168/76 EN Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2007

I will be going into see my rep tomorrow to get him to print a copy of this off.

Thanks again Jemima for this.